Putty-remover.



PATENTED .APR. 9, 1907.,

W. H. HAUVER.

PUTTY RBMOVER.

APPLIOATION rum). APR. 2a, 1906.

' A TTORNE 1 5 W ITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVALTER HENRY HAUVER, OF NEWPORT, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOWVILLIAM O. LINDSAY, OF NEWPORT, VERMONT.

PUTTY-REMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed April 23, 1906. Serial No- 313,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVALTER HENRY HAUvER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newport, in the county of Orleans and State ofVermont, have-invented a new and useful Putty-Remover, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to implements adapted for removing putty fromwindowsash, and has for its object to produce a simply constructed andefficient implement whereby the hardened putty may be quickly removedfrom the sash when broken glass is to be removed and the sash preparedfor the reception of the new glass.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of. carrying the same into practical operation. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedimplement applied. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the differentparts of the implement disconnected. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ofthe stock.

The improved implement consists of a stock 10, having a bearing-surface11, curved both longitudinally and transversely on one side, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, and with a handle 12 extending therefrom at one end. Thestock is also provided with a transverse guideway 13, with a threadedguideway 14 intersecting the transverse guideway and adapted to receivea set-screw 15. Slidably disposed through the guideway 13 is a headmember 17, closely fitting the guideway and adapted to be adjustablysupported therein at any desired point by a set-screw 15. The headmember 17 is pro vided with spaced sockets 18 19, preferably enlarged attheir adjacent ends, the head member having threaded apertures 20 21intersecting the sockets 18 19 and adapted to receive set-screws, one ofwhich is shown at 22. The sockets 18 19 are designed to receive-thecutting implements 24 25, the latter conforming transversely to andclosely gouge or hollow-chisel form is produced,

which acts with increased efficiency upon the relatively hard putty.

The doubly-curved surface 11 of the stock is designed to bear upon thebody of the sash adj accnt to the rabbets containing the putty to beremoved, and the cutting member 24 or 25, as the case may be, ill beadjusted to conform to this rabbet. One of the cutting members only willbe employed at the same time; but to provide for cutting the right andleft hand masses of putty two of the cutters are necessary.

\Vith an implement thus described when the putty is'to be removed fromthe rabbet at the left of the sash memberfor instance, at the left ofone of the stiles, one of the mullions or vertical bars, or the upper orlower member of the sash-the cutting member 24 is secured in the headmember 17 by its set screw 22 and adjusted to project below the lowestpoint of the curved surface 11 a distance equal to the total depth ofthe rabbet from which the putty is to be removed and the other cuttermember 25 either entirely removed or adjusted with its cutting edgeabove the curved surface 11, so that it will not be effective during theoperation of the implement. The implement is then disposed in positionwith the curved surface 1 1 bearing upon the body of the sash and theimplement drawn toward the operator by its handle 12, the cutting member24 effectually removing the hardened putty and clearing the rabbet readyfor the reception of the perfect pane of glass and the putty employed tosecure it in position. In operating the device its efficiency is greatlyincreased by rocking the implement upon its curved surface 11, andthereby materially increasing the cutting effect. When the putty at theright is to be removed, the other cutter member will be adjusted inoperative position and the cutter member 24 either removed or adjustedwith its cutting end above the curved surface 11, so that it will beinoperative during the action, and the operation above describedrepeated. The implement may thus be adjusted to sash of all sizes andoperates effectually for the purposes described.

The stock and its handle 12 will generally be in one piece, but may bein two pieces, if required.

By forming the surface 11 curved both longitudinally and transverselythe rocking motion of the stock may be either longitudinally ortransversely of the sash member upon which it bears, and thus stillfurther increase the efficiency of the device.

The cutter members 24 25 are formed, as shown, with their forward faceshollowed longitudinally and with their rear faces curved and merginginto cutting-terminals, this form producing an efficient hollow chiselor gouge like implement, the curving form of the rear face enabling thecutters to be ground to a nicety and producing not only a keen cuttingedge, but a curved forward surface which effectually prevents thelodgment of the particles of putty therein when the implement is beingused. This form of cutter also causes a shearing action upon the puttywhile being used, thereby very materially increasing the efficiency anddecreasing the labor necessary to produce the desired effect.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In animplement of the class described,

a stock having a curved bearing-surface and with a transverse guidewaynear said bearing-surface, an operating-handle extending from said stockat one end, a head member adjustably disposed through said guideway andprovided with transverse sockets, cutters adjustably disposed in saidsockets with their operating ends extending in advance of thebearing-face of said stock, means for adj ustably securing said head insaid guideway, and means for adjustably securing said outters in saidsockets.

2. In an implement of the class described, a stock having a curvedbearing-surface and with a transverse guideway near saidbearing-surface, an operating-handle extending from said stock at oneend, a head member adjustably disposed through said guideway andprovided with transverse sockets, spaced apart and enlarged at theiradjacent ends, cutters having their stocks corresponding to and movablyengaging said sockets and with their operating ends extending one at atime below the bearing surface of said stock, means for adjustablysecuring said head in said stockguideway, and means for adjustablysecuring said cutters in said sockets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER HENRY HAUVER.

Vitnesses W. E. MALONEY, J. T. GARDNER.

